No CBSE re-exam for students outside India

Delhi : There will be no CBSE re-examination for students outside India, the CBSE has announced. Class 10 Maths re-exam will be held only in Delhi and Haryana. The re-examination for Class 12 Economics paper in India will be held on April 25. 

Anil Swarup, Secretary School Education in Union Human Resources Development Ministry, said the CBSE Class 10 mathematics question paper was leaked only in Delhi and Haryana as there was no evidence that it was a pan-India affair.

“The leak was restricted to Delhi and Haryana, if at all a re-exam will happen, it will happen only in these states in July. A decision will be taken on this in the next 15 days,” Swarup told reporters at a press conference.

He said the Class 12 Economics re-exam will be held on April 25. But there will be no fresh test outside of India.

In Bahrain, around 2,000 students appeared for the Class X and Class XII exams.

On Wednesday, the CBSE announced it will hold re-examination for Grade 10 mathematics and Grade 12 economics following reports that question papers were leaked ahead of the exams.

The announcement was made shortly after Grade 10 students completed their maths examination on Wednesday. The Grade 12 economics exam was held on March 26.

In the UAE, nearly 8,474 students appeared for Grade 10 mathematics exam.